Punctuation and Sentence Structure

Compound sentences are made of two...

• Dependant sentences

• Independant sentences

• One dependant and one independant

• All are correct

A complex sentence contains ...

• Two independent sentences

• One independent plus one dependent sentence

• Three independent sentences

• All are correct

Two independent sentences are put together by using...

• A period.

• A semicolon.

• A comma and FANBOYS

• All are correct.

An independent sentence is...

• A sentence that has a subject and predicate.

• A sentence that needs another sentence to make sense.

• A sentence that has a subject and a verb AND makes sense by itself.

• I do not know.

A dependent sentence is...

• A sentence that has a subject and a verb but does not make sense by itself.

• A sentence that only has a subject.

• A sentence that only has a verb but makes sense by itself.

• All are correct.

FANBOYS stands for...

• Free, and, not, but, or, yes, still

• For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

• For, all, not, because, or, your, sorry.

• All are correct.

Which one is NOT a conjunctive adverb

• Therefore

• However

• But

• Furthermore

When combining two independent sentences with a conjunctive adverb, use the following punctuation marks:

• Both are correct.

• A semicolon and a comma

• A period and a comma

When combining sentences using FANBOYS, punctuation would be as follows:

• FANBOYS and a semicolon

• FANBOYS and a period.

• FANBOYS and a coma.

• All are incorrect.

When combining sentences with FANBOYS use the following punctuation marks:

• comma FANBOYS

• Semicolon FANBOYS

• Period FANBOYS